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Summary: OK, but you can do better.
Review: This book was not up to the 'Dummies' standard, in my opinion. Perhaps because PERL users are so diverse that hitting on all the various wants would take too long? I found this book lacking in substance. That is, you could finish this book with no real feeling of competence in basic PERL scripting. I strongly suggest "Learning PERL" instead.
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Summary: A great Perl book for begginners !
Review: This book would get you programming in perl in no-time !
It is amazing how easy this book makes even the more advanced features of Perl. WOW !
Perl is a wonderful and easy programming language for dealing with files, small and medium communication programs, pathches for other software and so on.
This book gives you a great start in that field, and it's fun !
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Summary: Best book I know of for learning Perl
Review: This really is the best book I know of for learning Perl, and I say that as someone who owns a very large pile of books on the subject. I first bought it when I started a year of full-time Perl programming, and it was the book that let me get up and running. Some years later, I *still* go back to it occasionally--there are some things that it just explains better than other books do. (In particular, it does a good job with some of the occasional dark corners of dereferencing arrays in complex data structures. If you know what that means: there's some weird syntax to this that this book gives very clear examples of. If you don't know what that means: trust me when I say that this book will tell you how to handle it without requiring that you completely understand why it's hard first, and that's a VERY good thing.) If you're already an experienced programmer, you'll do fine reading the introductory material in Larry Wall et al.'s "Programming Perl," but whether you're an old hat at hacking or not, you'll get plenty out of this book. When you're up to speed, your next book should probably be "Programming Perl" or Nigel Chapman's "Perl: The Programmer's Companion."
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Summary: Best book I know of for learning Perl
Review: This really is the best book I know of for learning Perl, and I say that as someone who owns a very large pile of books on the subject. I first bought it when I started a year of full-time Perl programming, and it was the book that let me get up and running. Some years later, I *still* go back to it occasionally--there are some things that it just explains better than other books do. (In particular, it does a good job with some of the occasional dark corners of dereferencing arrays in complex data structures. If you know what that means: there's some weird syntax to this that this book gives very clear examples of. If you don't know what that means: trust me when I say that this book will tell you how to handle it without requiring that you completely understand why it's hard first, and that's a VERY good thing.) If you're already an experienced programmer, you'll do fine reading the introductory material in Larry Wall et al.'s "Programming Perl," but whether you're an old hat at hacking or not, you'll get plenty out of this book. When you're up to speed, your next book should probably be "Programming Perl" or Nigel Chapman's "Perl: The Programmer's Companion."
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Summary: Very useful
Review: Warning: Do not purchase this book if you want to Learn PERL. This book has no exercises.
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Summary: No Exercises At The End Of Chapters.
Review: Warning: Do not purchase this book if you want to Learn PERL. This book has no exercises.
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Summary: What a Great Book! Worth the Money
Review: Wow! This book was a great way to learn Perl. It explains everything, and has a nice pace. This book is great for anyone who has no programming experience. Not even halfway through the book, I was able to right basic perl programs. It doesn't teach you everything about perl, but all the basics, and a little more. It is a great way to start learning about perl. I suggest this book to anyone!
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